Ch 13-15 edits/corrections

09-1SA.usfm

@@ -733,50 +733,50 @@
 
 \s5
 \p
-\v 5 The Philistines gathered together and were given equipment to fight the Israelites. The Philistines had three thousand chariots and six thousand chariot drivers. Their soldiers seemed to be as many as grains of sand on the seashore. They went up and set up their tents at Micmash, to the east of Beth Aven, that is, Bethel.
+\v 5 The Philistines gathered together and were given equipment to fight the Israelites. The Philistines had three thousand chariots and six thousand chariot drivers. Their soldiers seemed to be as many as grains of sand on the seashore. They went up and set up their tents at Mikmash, to the east of Beth Aven; that is, Bethel.
 
 \s5
-\v 6 The Philistines attacked the Israelites very strongly, and the Israelite soldiers realized that they were in a very bad situation. So many of the Israelite soldiers hid in caves and holes in the ground, or among the rocks, or in pits, or in wells.
-\v 7 Some of them crossed the Jordan River and went to the area where the region of the tribe of Gad and to the region of Gilead.
+\v 6 The Philistines attacked the Israelites very strongly, and the Israelite soldiers realized that they were in a very bad situation. So, many of the Israelite soldiers hid in caves and holes in the ground, or among the rocks or in pits or in wells.
+\v 7 Some of them crossed the Jordan River and went to the region of the tribe of Gad and to the region of Gilead.
 \p But Saul stayed at Gilgal. All the soldiers who were with him were shaking because they were so afraid.
 
 \s5
-\v 8 Saul waited seven days, which was the number of days that Samuel had told him to wait for him. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal during that time, so many of the men in Saul's army began to leave him and run away.
+\v 8 Saul waited seven days, which was the number of days that Samuel had told him to wait for him. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal during that time; therefore, many of the men in Saul's army began to leave him and run away.
 \v 9 So Saul said to the soldiers, "Bring to me an animal to be completely burned on the altar and one for the offering to enable us to continue to have fellowship with God." So the men did that.
 \v 10 And just as he was finished burning these offerings, Samuel arrived. Saul went to greet him.
 
 \s5
 \p
-\v 11 Samuel saw what Saul had done, and he said to Saul, "Why have you done this?" Saul replied, "I saw that my men were leaving me and running away, and that you did not come here during the time that you said that you would come, and that the Philistine army was gathering together at Micmash.
+\v 11 Samuel saw what Saul had done, and he said to Saul, "Why have you done this?" Saul replied, "I saw that my men were leaving me and running away and that you did not come here during the time that you said that you would come and that the Philistine army was gathering together at Mikmash.
 \p
 \v 12 So I thought, 'The Philistine army is going to attack us here at Gilgal, and I have not yet asked Yahweh to bless us.' So I felt it was necessary to offer the burnt offerings to seek God's blessings."
 
 \s5
 \p
-\v 13 Samuel replied, "What you did was very foolish! You have not obeyed what Yahweh, your God, commanded about sacrifices. If you had obeyed him, God would have allowed you and your descendants to rule Israel for a long time.
-\v 14 But now because of what you have done, you will die, and after you die, none of your descendants will continue to rule. Yahweh is seeking a man to be king who be just the kind of person that he wants him to be, so that he can appoint him to be the leader of his people. Yahweh will do this because you have not obeyed what he commanded."
+\v 13 Samuel replied, "What you did was very foolish! You have not obeyed what Yahweh your God commanded about sacrifices. If you had obeyed him, God would have allowed you and your descendants to rule Israel for a long time.
+\v 14 But now because of what you have done, you will die, and after you die, none of your descendants will continue to rule. Yahweh is seeking a man to be king who is just the kind of person that he wants him to be, so that he can appoint him to be the leader of his people. Yahweh will do this because you have not obeyed what he commanded."
 
 \s5
 \p
 \v 15 Then Samuel left Gilgal and went up to Gibeah. Saul stayed at Gilgal with his soldiers. There were only about six hundred of them left who did not run away.
 \p
-\v 16 Saul and his son Jonathan and the soldiers who were with them went to the city of Geba in the area of the tribe of Benjamin and set up their tents there. The Philistine army set up their tents at Micmash.
+\v 16 Saul and his son Jonathan and the soldiers who were with them went to the city of Geba in the area of the tribe of Benjamin and set up their tents there. The Philistine army set up their tents at Mikmash.
 
 \s5
-\v 17 Three groups of Philistia soldiers soon left the place where their army was staying, and went and made raids on Israelite towns. One group went north toward the city of Ophrah in the region of Shual.
-\v 18 One group went west to the city of Beth Horon. The third group went toward the Israelite border, above Zeboim Valley, near the wilderness.
+\v 17 Three groups of Philistine soldiers soon left the place where their army was staying and went and made raids on Israelite towns. One group went north toward the city of Ophrah in the region of Shual.
+\v 18 One group went west to the city of Beth Horon. The third group went toward the Israelite border, above Zeboyim Valley, near the wilderness.
 
 \s5
 \p
 \v 19 At that time, there were no men in Israel who were blacksmiths. The people of Philistia would not permit the Israelites to have men who could do that, because they were afraid that they would make iron swords and spears for the Hebrews to use.
-\v 20 So whenever the Israelites needed to sharpen the blades of their plows, or picks, or axes, or sickles, they were forced to take those things to a Philistine man who could sharpen those things.
-\v 21 They needed to pay about eight grams of silver for the sharpening of their plow blades and their picks. They needed to pay about four grams of silver for the sharpening of their axes or sickles, or to straighten the goads used to drive the oxen.
+\v 20 So whenever the Israelites needed to sharpen the blades of their plows or picks or axes or sickles, they were forced to take those things to a Philistine man who could sharpen those things.
+\v 21 They needed to pay about eight grams of silver for the sharpening of their plow blades and their picks. They needed to pay about four grams of silver for the sharpening of their axes or sickles or to straighten the goads used to drive the oxen.
 
 \s5
 \p
-\v 22 So because the Israelites could not make swords and spears our of iron, at the time when the Israelites fought against the army of Philistia. Saul and Jonathan were the only Israelite men who had swords. None of the others had a sword. They had only bows and arrows and some kinds of other weapons.
+\v 22 So because the Israelites could not make swords and spears out of iron, at the time when the Israelites fought against the army of Philistia, Saul and Jonathan were the only Israelite men who had swords. None of the others had a sword. They had only bows and arrows and some kinds of other weapons.
 \p
-\v 23 Before the battle started, some Philistine men went to the mountain pass outside Micmash to guard it.
+\v 23 Before the battle started, some Philistine men went to the mountain pass outside Mikmash to guard it.
 
 \s5
 \c 14
@@ -786,13 +786,13 @@
 \s5
 \p
 \v 2 On that day, Saul and the six hundred soldiers who were with him were sitting around a pomegranate tree at a place where the people threshed grain, near Gibeah.
-\v 3 Ahijah the priest was also there, one of those who wore the sacred apron. Ahijah son of Ahitub, who was a brother of Ichabod. Ichabod and Ahitub were the sons of Phinehas son of Eli, who had been Yahweh's priest at Shiloh.
+\v 3 Ahijah the priest was also there, one of those who wore the sacred apron. Ahijah was the son of Ahitub, who was a brother of Ichabod. Ichabod and Ahitub were the sons of Phinehas son of Eli, who had been Yahweh's priest at Shiloh.
 \p Now no one knew that Jonathan had left the Israelite camp.
 
 \s5
 \p
 \v 4 Jonathan planned that he and the young man would go through a narrow pass to get to where the Philistine army was. The cliff on one side of the pass was named Bozez, and the other cliff was named Seneh.
-\v 5 One cliff faced north toward Michmash, and the cliff on the other side faced south toward the town of Geba.
+\v 5 One cliff faced north toward Mikmash, and the cliff on the other side faced south toward the town of Geba.
 
 \s5
 \p
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@
 
 \s5
 \p
-\v 8 Then Jonathan said, "Very well, come with me. We will cross the valley to where the Philistine army is, and allow them to see us.
+\v 8 Then Jonathan said, "Very well, come with me. We will cross the valley to where the Philistine army is and allow them to see us.
 \v 9 If they then say to us, 'You two stay there until we come down to you,' we will stay there and not go up to them.
 \v 10 But if they say to us, 'Come up here,' that will show us that Yahweh will enable us to defeat them. Then we will go up and fight them."
 
@@ -814,16 +814,16 @@
 
 \s5
 \v 13 So Jonathan climbed up, using his hands and his feet because it was very steep. The young man climbed up following him. As Jonathan climbed, he struck and killed many Philistine soldiers, and the young man who was with him killed many more as he followed behind Jonathan.
-\v 14 In that first battle the two of them killed about twenty Philistine soldiers in an area that was a half-hectare.
+\v 14 In that first battle, the two of them killed about twenty Philistine soldiers in an area that was a half-hectare.
 
 \s5
 \p
-\v 15 Then all the other Philistine soldiers, the ones in the camp and the ones who had been attacking the Israelite towns, ones who were out in the field much closer, panicked. Then God caused the ground to shake, and they all became terrified afraid.
+\v 15 Then all the other Philistine soldiers—the ones in the camp and the ones who had been attacking the Israelite towns and the ones who were out in the field much closer—panicked. Then God caused the ground to shake, and they all became terrified.
 
 \s5
 \p
 \v 16 Saul's lookouts were in the town of Gibeah in the region of the tribe of Benjamin. They saw that the soldiers of the Philistine army were running away in all directions.
-\v 17 Saul realized that some of his soldiers must have attacked the Philistine army. So he said to the soldiers who were with him, "Check to see if any of our men are not here." So they checked, and found out that Jonathan and the man who carried his weapons were gone.
+\v 17 Saul realized that some of his soldiers must have attacked the Philistine army. So he said to the soldiers who were with him, "Check to see if any of our men are not here." So they checked and found out that Jonathan and the man who carried his weapons were gone.
 
 \s5
 \p
@@ -841,13 +841,13 @@
 
 \s5
 \p
-\v 24 Before Saul's soldiers went to the battle, Saul declared to them solemnly, "I do not want any of you to eat any food before this evening, before we have defeated all our enemies. If anyone eats anything, Yahweh will curse because they were very hungry.
+\v 24 Before Saul's soldiers went to the battle, Saul declared to them solemnly, "I do not want any of you to eat any food before this evening, before we have defeated all of our enemies. If anyone eats anything, Yahweh will curse because they were very hungry.
 \p
 \v 25 The Israelite army went into the forest, and they found honeycombs on the ground, but they did not eat any honey.
-\v 26 They were afraid to eat any, because they had solemnly promised that they would not eat any food.
+\v 26 They were afraid to eat any because they had solemnly promised that they would not eat any food.
 
 \s5
-\v 27 But Jonathan did not hear that his father had bound the people by a solemn promise. Jonathan had left the camp very early in the morning and when he saw a honeycomb, he dipped the end of his walking stick into it and ate some honey. After he ate the honey, he felt stronger.
+\v 27 But Jonathan did not hear that his father had bound the people by a solemn promise. Jonathan had left the camp very early in the morning, and when he saw a honeycomb, he dipped the end of his walking stick into it and ate some honey. After he ate the honey, he felt stronger.
 \p
 \v 28 But one of the Israelite soldiers saw him and said to him, "Your father solemnly declared to us that Yahweh would curse anyone who ate any food today. So now we are very tired and weak from being hungry because we obeyed him."
 
@@ -857,14 +857,14 @@
 
 \s5
 \p
-\v 31 The Israelites pursued and killed Philistine soldiers all that day, from Micmash town west to Aijalon. But they continued to become more weak from being hungry.
+\v 31 The Israelites pursued and killed Philistine soldiers all that day, from Mikmash town west to Aijalon. But they continued to become weaker from being hungry.
 \v 32 They had taken many sheep and cattle that the Philistine soldiers had abandoned. Now, because they were extremely hungry, they butchered some of those animals and ate the meat without draining the blood from the animals.
 
 \s5
 \v 33 One of the soldiers told Saul, "Look! The men are sinning against Yahweh by eating meat that still has blood in it!"
 \p Saul replied to the men who were near him, "They have disobeyed Yahweh! Roll a large stone over here!"
 \p
-\v 34 After they did that, he said to those men, "Go and tell all the soldiers that each of them must bring an ox or a sheep to me, and kill it here on this stone, and drain the blood before he eats any of the meat. They should not sin against Yahweh by eating meat from some animal without draining its blood." So that night all the soldiers brought animals and slaughtered them there. Then Saul built an altar to worship Yahweh.
+\v 34 After they did that, he said to those men, "Go and tell all the soldiers that each of them must bring an ox or a sheep to me and kill it here on this stone and drain the blood before he eats any of the meat. They should not sin against Yahweh by eating meat from some animal without draining its blood." So that night all the soldiers brought animals and slaughtered them there. Then Saul built an altar to worship Yahweh.
 
 \s5
 \v 35 That was the first time that he built an altar for Yahweh.
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@
 \s5
 \v 40 Then Saul said to all the Israelite soldiers, "You stand on one side. My son Jonathan and I will stand on the other side."
 \p His men replied, "Do whatever you think is best."
-\v 41 Then Saul prayed to Yahweh, the Israelites' God, "Tell me who is guilty and who is not guilty." Then the priest cast lots, and they indicated that it was either Jonathan or Saul who was the guilty one, and that the other men were not guilty.
+\v 41 Then Saul prayed to Yahweh, the Israelites' God, "Tell me who is guilty and who is not guilty." Then the priest cast lots, and they indicated that it was either Jonathan or Saul who was the guilty one and that the other men were not guilty.
 \v 42 Then Saul said to the priest, "Throw the stones again to indicate which of us two is guilty." So he did, and the stones indicated that Jonathan was the guilty one.
 
 \s5
@@ -896,13 +896,13 @@
 
 \s5
 \p
-\v 45 But the Israelite soldiers said to Saul, "Jonathan has won a great victory for all us Israelites. Should he be executed for eating some honey ? Certainly not! Just as surely as Yahweh lives, we will not allow you to injure him in any manner, because today God helped Jonathan to kill many soldiers of the Philistine army!"
-\p So by saying that the Israelite soldiers rescued Jonathan, and he was not executed.
+\v 45 But the Israelite soldiers said to Saul, "Jonathan has won a great victory for all of us Israelites. Should he be executed for eating some honey? Certainly not! Just as surely as Yahweh lives, we will not allow you to injure him in any manner, because today God helped Jonathan to kill many soldiers of the Philistine army!"
+\p So by saying that, the Israelite soldiers rescued Jonathan, and he was not executed.
 \v 46 Then Saul ordered his soldiers to stop pursuing the Philistine army, so the Philistine soldiers returned to their homes.
 
 \s5
 \p
-\v 47 After Saul became the ruler, he fought against enemies on every side. He fought against Moab, the Ammonites, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever the Israelite army fought, they defeated their enemies.
+\v 47 After Saul became the ruler, he fought against enemies on every side. He fought against the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever the Israelite army fought, they defeated their enemies.
 \v 48 Saul's army fought bravely and defeated the very tall descendants of Amalek. His army rescued the Israelites from those who had plundered them.
 
 \s5
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@
 \v 5 Then Saul went with his army to a town where some of the Amalek people lived. The army prepared to attack them suddenly by hiding in the valley.
 
 \s5
-\v 6 Then Saul sent this message to the Kenite people who lived in that area: "You acted kindly toward all our Israelite ancestors when they left Egypt. But we are going to kill all of the Amalek people, because they opposed our ancestors. So move away from where the Amalek people live. If you do not move away, you will be killed when they are killed." So when the Kenite people heard that, they immediately left that area.
+\v 6 Then Saul sent this message to the Kenite people who lived in that area: "You acted kindly toward all of our Israelite ancestors when they left Egypt. But we are going to kill all of the Amalek people because they opposed our ancestors. So move away from where the Amalek people live. If you do not move away, you will be killed when they are killed." So when the Kenite people heard that, they immediately left that area.
 \p
 \v 7 Then Saul's army slaughtered the Amalek people, from the town of Havilah in the east to the town of Shur in the west. Shur was at the border between Israel and Egypt.
 
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@
 \s5
 \p
 \v 10 Then Yahweh said to Samuel,
-\v 11 "I am sorry that I appointed Saul to be your king, because he has stopped worshiping me. He has not obeyed what I commanded him to do." Samuel was very disturbed when he heard that, and he cried out to Yahweh all that night.
+\v 11 "I am sorry that I appointed Saul to be your king because he has stopped worshiping me. He has not obeyed what I commanded him to do." Samuel was very disturbed when he heard that, and he cried out to Yahweh all that night.
 
 \s5
 \p
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@
 \p
 \v 14 But Samuel replied, "If that is true, why is it that I hear cattle mooing and I hear sheep bleating?"
 \p
-\v 15 Saul replied, "The soldiers took them from the Amalek people. They saved the best sheep and cattle, in order to offer them as sacrifices to Yahweh, your God. But we have completely destroyed all the others."
+\v 15 Saul replied, "The soldiers took them from the Amalek people. They saved the best sheep and cattle in order to offer them as sacrifices to Yahweh your God. But we have completely destroyed all the others."
 \p
 \v 16 Samuel said to Saul, "Stop talking! Allow me to tell you what Yahweh said to me last night."
 \p Saul replied, "Tell me what he said."
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@
 \p
 \v 22 But Samuel replied,
 \q1 "Which do you think pleases Yahweh more, animals that are completely burned on the altar and other sacrifices,
-\q1 or people obeying him ?
+\q1 or people obeying him?
 \q1 It is better to obey Yahweh than to offer sacrifices to him.
 \q1 It is better to pay attention to what he says than to burn the fat of rams, which God said should be sacrificed to him.
 \q1
@@ -982,11 +982,11 @@
 \s5
 \p
 \v 24 Then Saul said to Samuel, "Yes, I have sinned. I disobeyed what you told me to do, which is what Yahweh commanded. I did that because I was afraid of what my men would say if I did not do what they wanted. So I did what they demanded.
-\v 25 But now, please forgive me for having sinned. And come back with me to where the people are in order that I may worship Yahweh."
+\v 25 But now, please forgive me for having sinned. And come back with me to where the people are so that I may worship Yahweh."
 
 \s5
 \p
-\v 26 But Samuel replied, "No, I will not go back with you. You have rejected what Yahweh commanded you to do. So he has rejected you, and declared that you will no longer be the king of Israel. So I do not want to talk anymore with you, either."
+\v 26 But Samuel replied, "No, I will not go back with you. You have rejected what Yahweh commanded you to do. So he has rejected you and declared that you will no longer be the king of Israel. So I do not want to talk anymore with you, either."
 \p
 \v 27 As Samuel turned to leave, Saul tried to stop him by grabbing the edge of Samuel's robe, and it tore.
 
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@
 
 \s5
 \p
-\v 30 Then Saul pleaded again. He said, "I know that I have sinned. But please honor me in front of the leaders of the Israelite people and in front of all the other Israelite people by coming back to them with me in order that I may worship Yahweh your God."
+\v 30 Then Saul pleaded again. He said, "I know that I have sinned. But please honor me in front of the leaders of the Israelite people and in front of all the other Israelite people by coming back to them with me so that I may worship Yahweh your God."
 \v 31 So Samuel finally agreed to do that, and they went together back to where the people were, and Saul worshiped Yahweh there.
 
 \s5
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@
 \v 33 But Samuel said to him,
 \q1 "You have killed the sons of many women with your sword,
 \q2 so now your mother will no longer have a son."
-\m And Samuel cut Agag into pieces with his sword, there at Gilgal, where the Israelites worshiped Yahweh.
+\m And Samuel cut Agag into pieces with his sword, there at Gilgal where the Israelites worshiped Yahweh.
 
 \s5
 \p